# All Questions

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### How to format numbers with at least one figure after the decimal point

I'm searching for a way to get Reals formatted with at least one figure after the decimal point. So e.g. 3. should be printed as 3.0 and ...
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### Incorrect results for elementary integrals when using Integrate

There is a rather simple integral ($K_0$ is the 0-th order MacDonald function) $$\int_0^\infty e^{-x \cosh\xi}\, d\xi = K_0(x)$$ which mathematica cannot solve. This even though the documentation ...
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### Visualizing the output of a Voronoi diagram computation

I need to plot a graph (to be specific: Fortune Algorithm output) with given vertex coordinates and a few unconnected vertices. I am thinking of using Mathematica for that. ...
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### Does Mathematica support variable frame rate for any video format, in analogue of GIF-style “DisplayDurations”?

The good old GIF animation format allows us to set the duration of each individual frame in the animation separately. This is especially useful if some frames in ...
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### Labelling ArrayPlot Charts

I have been using ArrayPlot to show off some information. Currently, my datasets are like so: ...
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### DistributeDefinitions doesn't work as expected when used for table iterator bounds?

I am new to parallelization in Mathematica, so this question may reflect some elementary confusion. I am attempting to parallelize a rather complicated module which, as part of its internal ...
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### Display position information out of ListPlots inside a Manipulate

I often have the situation where I'll use Manipulate[] to compare and examine 2 or more lists. A simplified example follows: ...
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### Option to change cursor/caret shape

While editing on a Mathematica notebook, I often find myself needing to do something else outside of Mathematica for a few hours. After finishing such outside tasks, I resume to work on the notebook. ...
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### How can I solve a difference-differential equation?

How do I ask Mathematica to try to solve a recursive relation that defines a sequence of functions? For example, suppose I know that $g_n(x) = g_{n-1}'(x)$ for $n > 0$ and that $g_0(x) = e^{2x}$. ...
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### Shaving the last 50 ms off NMinimize

The epilogue: A paper where the below answer is used was published. The answer below is cited among the references:) The background: I have to fit an objective function for ~10 000 datasets in near ...
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### How to set different labelstyles for controls in manipulate?

Background: Manipulate[ {jj, kk}, {{jj, 2, "Select j"}, 1, 11}, {{kk, 2, "Select k"}, 1, 11}, LabelStyle -> {Bold, Medium} ] In the example above ...
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### Can Reduce *really* not solve for x here?

Sometimes I get the feeling I'm just flailing blindly with Mathematica. Is solving for $x$ in the equation $$\frac{\cosh (x/2)}{x} = \sqrt{2}$$ really beyond the scope of Mathematica? I try to ...
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### Plot CSV-data; make statistical statements in Mathematica / WA

First, I'm quite new to Mathematica so sorry in advance if some questions seem to be trivial. I have a CSV-file which looks like this: ...
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### Generating date ranges

How can I, in one line, generate all the dates with a constant day difference from one date to another? For example, if I'm interested in dates in the interval staring from 24.4.2012 till 2015 and a ...
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### Rounding problems inside InputField

Consider the following InputField InputField[Dynamic[h2, If[# === Null, h2 = h2, h2 = Round[#, 0.001]] &], Number] The ...
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### How to set PageWidth when using PutAppend to append expressions to a file?

Do[ PutAppend[Table[i, {RandomInteger[100]}], "./file.m"], {i, 100} ] I'd like each inner list to always appear on the same line, but not automatically ...
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### Is there a simple way to plot complex numbers satisfying a given criteria

I think this should be straightforward, but I cannot seem to find a good source on how to do it after searching around, so I'm trying to sketch sets of complex numbers that meet a given for criteria. ...
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### Solving a Volterra integral equation numerically

I would like to solve for $P(t)$, in Mathematica, a Volterra integral equation of the 2nd kind. It is: $$P(t) = R_0(t) + \int_0^t P(t') R_0(t-t')dt'$$ I know the function $R_0$ and would ...
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### Assignment rule to distribute matrix-multiplication over custom notation

I'm trying to write some code to do basic algebraic manipulations in BraKet notation. Thus far I have a function KetToVec which will convert any expression of the form a1 Ket[s1]+ b Ket[s2] +... to a ...
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### Safely generating multiple controls from a list of variables

Suppose I need to create sliders associated with variables from a given list: ...
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### Numbers in alternate bases transcend the evaluator?

It looks to me like a number in a base other than base 10 gets evaluated before the evaluator ever gets a chance to be tweaked. For example, FullForm[16^^abcdef] ...
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### Mathematica as a report generator

I would like to use Mathematica as a kind of report generator. I'm working in a Mathematica notebook and I want to handle Mathematica like this: 1) I want to define one cell as a text cell. In this ...
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### Developing domain specific languages and computational knowledge engines using Mathematica

In one of Leonid Shifrin's excellent summaries, he mentioned that MMA capabilities include developing Domain Specific Languages (DSL). I'd like to develop a Health care IT application that can ...
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### Using Memoization with a Mutable Object

In looking for a solution to this question, I ran across some old binary tree code by Daniel Lichtblau, reproduced below: ...
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### Why does Expand not work within a function?

I'm writing this fairly simple function: ...
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### How to use Mathematica functions in Python programs?

I'd like to know how can I call Mathematica functions from Python. I appreciate a example, for example, using the Mathematica function Prime. I had search about MathLink but how to use it in Python ...
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### How to monitor the progress of Read?

I use f = OpenRead["largefile.m"] x = Read[f]; Close[f]; to read in a Mathematica expression from a large file largefile.m ...
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I have a little problem, and hope, with your help, I'll be able to solve it. As you got from the title, I have some trouble with TeX in Mathematica. Imagine, I want to output a nice DisplayFormula, ...
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### How to create strong types?

In a program I'm writing, I create a list of lists, that looks something like this: {{100, {1,2,3,4,5}}, {105, {2,4,6,8}}, {42, {42,39,56}}} I then pass this ...
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### How to solve a problem in relative motion?

I have a project due tomorrow that I have been struggling with for a month. I am utterly stumped, any help would be appreciated. The problem is: There is a ferris wheel, 30m in radius, set 80m ...
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### Exporting a CDF to HTML

I'm using Mathematica for Students on a Mac. How do I export a CDF document to HTML? According to the Wolfram website I should click on ...
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### ReplaceAll inside an Iterator

I'd like to apply a set of rules to an expression defining the iterators of the table, like this: ...
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### Finding minimal region with padding and linear map to circle

Suppose I have n ordered points. I would like to find a simple region that contains all the points and is close to the smallest region that contains the points except it is smooth and has some ...
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### Open Excel file with Mathematica

I would like to open an Excel file and manipulate it as a COM object. While I'm able to open an instance of excel with ...
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### Figuring out how AbsoluteOptions works with Graphs

I am puzzled by how AbsoluteOptions works with Graph objects. I would have expected that one could use it to obtain all the ...
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### Mathematica slope fields

I would like to make a slope field. Here is the code ...
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### Changing the order of elements in a chart legend

In a stacked BarChart or Histogram the bars are stacked from bottom to top, while the legend entries are listed from top to ...
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### Surprises simplifying simple polynomials

I came across some somewhat surprising behavior of Simplify today, on something very simple. Let's take two cubic polynomials that we know have the same value: ...
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### Command Completion

Note: As of version 9, this functionality is available and works out of the box. I've a few questions about Command Completion in Mathematica. I recently discovered this feature, and it's really ...
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### Mathematica output format for big numbers

I need to write output of a Mathematica expression (a list of equations) in a file. I use ...
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### Is there a faster way to create a matrix of indices from ragged data?

I have data that is given as a list of ordered pairs mixed with scalars. The pairs can contain infinite bounds. My goal is to convert the data into an index used in future computations. ...